"I've seen shows on Broadway, and I've been through Times Square many, many, many times, not always willingly through the crowds. But every time I walk up to the theater and go in through the stage door, it's like this magical portal into this incredible world."

"I remember when we were filming last year, someone was like, 'Are you guys ready for your lives to change?' And we were like, 'What are you talking about?' And it did happen, but there is no way to prepare for it."

"A lot of times YA is associated with women and female audiences, and that's why sometimes it gets pushed aside. Everyone should just feel things and stop being afraid of it."

"She's bolder than I am, and she's more of a risk taker, and that was something I thought would be a challenge. But I really enjoyed getting to tap into that part of her, and I learned from her in that way. I stole some of her boldness."

"I think I'm a little bit heartbroken all the time, even when I'm in a happy relationship. I don't do casual very well, and my feelings, even the good ones, get so intense that they hurt."

"There will always be those haters everywhere you go, so I learned a while ago to appreciate the positive and ignore the negative."

"Like every girl in the business, I'm more than just a porn star. I am a fun, loving, normal chick who likes to have fun, likes to live her life, and I don't want the world to burn."

"I know just from watching and not being an idiot that it's all up and down. One minute people think you're the fucking shit, and the next minute they don't even…. That doesn't matter to me."

"I was always taken in and out of school. I just assumed that what I would be doing is making films because I grew up around people making films, making art, making music. And being on a film set is the most comforting thing in the world to me. Seeing a catering truck feels like home."

"I think there's a part of me that feels like there is nothing else I can do."

"My mom is of the mindset that you can have multiple marriages and it's fine, but she raised me to always work for myself and do life for myself and not for anyone else, especially for a man, because that will ultimately lead to disappointment in some regard."

"Some days I'll be fine and if I'm not doing anything I'll get these awful flashbacks of my childhood and I get very depressed and I can't get out of bed and cancel my scenes for like a week or two."

"Fuck y'all."

"whichever (lady) performer is replacing me tomorrow for @EroticaXNews, you're shooting with a guy who has shot gay porn, just to let cha know. BS is all I can say🤷🏽♀️ Do agents really not care about who they're representing? #ladirect I do my homework for my body🤓✏️🔍"

"I wrote to my mom saying 'Look, I don't think I want to be a dancer any more so I'm going to quit ballet and stay here. I will have this and this income next week.' I laid it out in a way that she couldn't say no because I was so organised."

"I don’t feel like I’m always good at representing myself publicly in real time, so I would almost rather say nothing at all? Because rather than have the wrong idea about me, someone just wouldn’t have any idea about me."

"I don’t think I want to commit to a franchise. It seems like a lot of time, and I’m scared. I’m a commitment-phobe maybe. But also, no one’s asking me to do anything."

"I’ve been really fortunate to work with a lot of women. There were a lot of talented women that were more than capable of directing the show. The goal is to not be patted on the back for hiring a woman, because it shouldn’t be an exceptional thing. It should just be commonplace that women should have equal opportunities as men."

"It’s literally the dream collab duo. It was incredibly surreal for me. To be in the flesh with Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke and be able to not only witness their process but be a part of it was life-changing."

"I have a very very strong hope for the girl who’s the winner this year … that she can … relate to all the viewing public a year of beautiful and meaningful experiences rather than my year’s pre-occupation with fear … a great deal of fear for our world."

"Also, I learned a lot while traveling this year … the places … the people … some of it made me very very happy and the rest was just sort of discouraging."

"I am now also honored to represent my Elyucana identity and ancestral roots by carrying the title of Miss Universe Philippines – La Union."

"La Union is where I fell in love with the Philippines and developed my dream of building a life here."

"We don’t inherit the world from our ancestors; rather, we borrow it from our children."

"The challenges facing our world are great."

"It’s an honor to represent the province I grew up visiting my lola and lolo."

"To my fellow Asians — please recognize how our status as a model minority is weaponized against the Black community."

"I told my parents I was moving to LA to do porn before I moved to LA to do porn. They were really cool about it. They actually paid my first three months rent when I moved out here."

"It felt right because really if I hadn’t taken his class, I wouldn’t be where I am right now. I’m happier than I’ve ever been."

"Sean gets sex work. He just does. It's so exciting to me that I can't even think about it. It would feel like this industry that I love being recognized on a stage it's never been recognized before on. It's not about the taboo of sex. It's just about a marginalized community of people who he finds really interesting and wants to explore."

"Unlike adult performers of the past, Casey Calvert is an educated woman who didn’t stumble into porn, but headed there because that’s what she wanted."

"She has already been a close collaborator of ours for years in front of the cameras, but she also brings a wealth of experience in writing, directing and producing from her own independent adult and mainstream projects. I'm excited to see what she will bring to the table!"

"As a sex worker, it’s impossible for me to make a general statement about sex workers as a whole, because I see them as individuals. What I can say is that not all sex workers are the stereotype people want to believe. Many of us are college educated, feminists, and absolutely love what we do."

"Porn has long offered a glimpse of the future. Long before alternative sexualities were accepted in popular culture as they are now, porn accepted them. Porn accepts everyone. There is content for everyone."

"Being a porn star is just like having any other job, except you're naked on the Internet. When I'm not on set, I'm doing all the things normal people with normal jobs do. I'm certainly not running around banging strangers ‪24/7."

"I started programming games on my TI-89 calculator in middle school or early high school, but I never thought of it as “coding.” I just thought of it as a way to create cool games to play with."

"If it means being smart and being a good programmer, then "I have no problem being a nerd."

"With modeling, you never have control over anything."

"being able to have complete power with these apps I develop is very fulfilling."

"No, hobble away"

"Did Scheana just flip flop on flip flopping?"

"I normally would’ve literally ran across that float with daggers, and not only stabbed you both, like, 40 times, but then thrown you off, tarred and feathered each of you, beheaded you, and quartered your bodies, and dragged them through the city of West L.A. on a disgusting truck."

"Why didn't I have a bottle of wine before I did this?"

"Who can say no to an open bar?"

"I am going to crucify her. I'm going to destroy her life. You have no idea."

"The only thing that I have holding me back right now is that I have self respect and dignity. Thank god for Kristen, who is unburdened by those anchors."

"I hate you, I hate you, I hate you. Go fuck yourself and die."

"Everyone’s acting like it’s their own private chef back there. You’re in a restaurant, we have a set menu, just pick something and shut the fuck up."

"My mom has always told me that I’m a descendant of a Swedish princess, so I try and act like one."

"I would just keep milking this cow because it's like a free cow, do you know what I'm saying"